Title Drop/Quotes

"You people, you're all astronauts on... some kind of Star Trek?"

—Zefram Cochrane, Star Trek: First Contact

"Let there be... Carnage!"

—Carnage, Venom: Let There Be Carnage

James: Well, sir... I accuse my parents.
Crow: We have a title!

—Mystery Science Theater 3000, episode 507, "I Accuse My Parents"

Superman: The only way I can win is to be Superman IV: The Quest For Peace
Peter: Oh, so that's why they called it that.

—Family Guy, Episode 420

"Greunbaum": Why do I feel so... trapped?
Proteus: Oh, I see what you did there.
Slowbeef: I can't believe that they actually did that.

—Retsupurae, Trapped Retsuflash

"Once more... I'm arising to kill whoever done this to me."

—Narration, Arise 2

Dialla: Why do I feel so... trapped?
slowbeef: W-why do I feel so trapped?!
Proteus: I feel trapped! trapped in this pursuit--
slowbeef: --and I have to escape...

Proteus: --and I have to escape!

—Retsupurae, Escape Retsuflash

I guess this case is full of revelations. Revelations as in Apocalypse. Revelations as in Judgment Day

—Shaft, Youngblood: Judgment Day

Strong Bad: Onward to Strong Badia! Strong Badia the Free!
Homestar Runner: Hey, that's the name of this-
Strong Bad: Shut up.

—Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Episode 2: "Strong Badia the Free"

Wealthy, Successful Protagonist: "Explicitly stating the moral of the story and awkwardly working in... the movie title."

—Cracked.com, A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever

"We hope you all did come together."

—The MC5, "Come Together"

"Doctor? Doctor Who?"

—Various characters, Doctor Who

"I'm Not Afraid"

—Eminem, First three lines of "Not Afraid"

"Didn't think I could work the title in, did you?"

—The Narrator, the finale of Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse

Title of the Song
Naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time
To rectify my wrongs
Repetition of the Title of the Song

—Da Vinci's Notebook, "Title of the Song" (a parody of Boy Band songs)

"I'm afraid I've brought about... the Wrath of the Spider Queen! Like how I worked the title in like that? Haha!"

—Grim, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, "The Wrath of the Spider Queen"

Movie Character: The virtuous have gone to heaven and the rest of us have been...Left Below.
Homer: *gasp* Left Below? Where have I heard that before?
Lisa: It's the title of the movie.
Homer: *gasp* It's everywhere!

—The Simpsons, "Thank God, It's Doomsday."

"The entire world and all of it's history is mine, to command and conquer."

—Yuri, Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge

"We're going to change the terms of engagement. It's our war, not theirs. We don't need cities or armies. We have the cells of human bodies. An invisible weapon, for an invisible war.

—Project Director, Deus Ex: Invisible War

"Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun, when a good man goes to war."

—River Song, Doctor Who: "A Good Man Goes to War"

Superman: If we stay together, as a team, we could be a force that could truly work for the ideals of Peace, and Justice.
The Flash: What, like a bunch of "Superfriends"?
Superman: More like a... Justice League.
The Flash: Do you have any idea how corny that sounds?

—Justice League, "Secret Origins"

Link: Whoah, what are all those heads?
Gwonam: These are The Faces of Evil. You must conquer each.

—Link: The Faces of Evil

Carla: Do you have any idea how difficult it is to escape from Monkey Island?
Guybrush: No, how difficult is it to [with overly dramatic emphasis] Escape from Monkey Island™?
Carla: ...Well, it's really difficult!

—Escape from Monkey Island

"It's time for me to live up to my family name and face FULL LIFE CONSEQUENCES!"

—John Freeman, Half Life: Full Life Consequences

"A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no?"

—Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof

The one thing we can be certain about is the fact that the armed organization calling itself Celestial Being has possession of a mobile suit superior to our Enact: mobile suit Gundam.

—Mobile Suit Gundam 00, episode 2

"I'm not going to wear a mask and use a name that sounds like a comic-book superhero... I'll just be Sister Marie. This is part of my vocation, part of my religious life, and it's important that people know that I am a nun. That I'm doing this because I've been called to make myself an instrument of God's love and mercy, and to live a life of obedience and devotion to God. When you see me on the news, I'm going to be dressed just like this." I said, motioning down at my habit.
Vice Chief Holt deadpanned, "You're going to be a superheroine. Under your own name. And in a nun costume. On purpose?"
"Yes." I pointed at Battalion Chief O'Hara, and added, "I understand why he said it, but it's not a 'nun costume'. I am a nun, and it's just a habit."

— The Teraverse fic It's Just A Habit

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